Pro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 天前Founder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comimagemessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up1669arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orggames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1656arrow-down1imageFounder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts salesi.imgur.comPro@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 天前message-square138linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orggames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·12 天前Yet another example of: C Suite / Upper Management doesn’t listen when a seasoned software engineer of some kind points out an extremely obvious medium/long-run problem with the business model they’re being asked to either functionally invent, or massively contribute to.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 天前The goal is to lose money to capture the market and once it is done, to recoup their loss and bleed the market dry.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-212 天前Yes, but if they can’t actually pull off the last part… uh… that doesn’t end well.
Yet another example of:
C Suite / Upper Management doesn’t listen when a seasoned software engineer of some kind points out an extremely obvious medium/long-run problem with the business model they’re being asked to either functionally invent, or massively contribute to.
The goal is to lose money to capture the market and once it is done, to recoup their loss and bleed the market dry.
Yes, but if they can’t actually pull off the last part… uh… that doesn’t end well.